People
- Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), an American librarian
- Dan Jewett
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett, a U.S. Senator from Missouri
- David Jewett, an American naval officer and privateer, who is an instrumental figure in Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands
- Helen Jewett, a New York City prostitute famous for having been murdered
- Hugh Judge Jewett, a U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Hugh J. Jewett
- Joshua Jewett, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Luther Jewett, a U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Milo Parker Jewett
- Pauline Jewett
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), an American author
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